ὕστατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”), which would make it cognate with English out.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýs.ta.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ys.ta.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.ta.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.ta.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ta.tos/

Adjective

ὕστᾰτος • (hústatos) m (feminine ὑστάτη, neuter ὕστᾰτον); first/second declension

superlative degree of ῠ̔́στερος (hústeros, “latter; later; behind”) final, latest, last, hindmost

Inflection

First and second declension of ὕστᾰτος; ὑστᾰ́τη; ὕστᾰτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὕστᾰτος hústatos	ὑστᾰ́τη hustátē	ὕστᾰτον hústaton	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὕστᾰτοι hústatoi	ὕστᾰται hústatai	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Genitive	ὑστᾰ́του hustátou	ὑστᾰ́της hustátēs	ὑστᾰ́του hustátou	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́ταιν hustátain	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn	ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn	ὑστᾰ́των hustátōn
Dative	ὑστᾰ́τῳ hustátōi	ὑστᾰ́τῃ hustátēi	ὑστᾰ́τῳ hustátōi	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́ταιν hustátain	ὑστᾰ́τοιν hustátoin	ὑστᾰ́τοις hustátois	ὑστᾰ́ταις hustátais	ὑστᾰ́τοις hustátois
Accusative	ὕστᾰτον hústaton	ὑστᾰ́την hustátēn	ὕστᾰτον hústaton	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τους hustátous	ὑστᾰ́τᾱς hustátās	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Vocative	ὕστᾰτε hústate	ὑστᾰ́τη hustátē	ὕστᾰτον hústaton	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὑστᾰ́τᾱ hustátā	ὑστᾰ́τω hustátō	ὕστᾰτοι hústatoi	ὕστᾰται hústatai	ὕστᾰτᾰ hústata
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὑστᾰ́τως hustátōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ὕστατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὕστατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ὕστατος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὕστατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὕστατος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- concluding idem, page 155.
- extreme idem, page 298.
- final idem, page 320.
- hind idem, page 400.
- last idem, page 477.
- latest idem, page 478.
- valedictory idem, page 942.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1103